Gallatin, Tennessee Gallatin, Tennessee City of Gallatin Official seal of Gallatin, Tennessee Gallatin is positioned in the US Gallatin - Gallatin Location of Gallatin in the US Council Gallatin City Council Gallatin is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Sumner County, Tennessee. The populace was 30,678 at the 2010 census and 32,307 in 2013. Named for U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, the town/city was established on the Cumberland River and made the governmental center of county of Sumner County in 1802.
It is positioned about 30.6 miles northeast of the state capital of Nashville, Tennessee.
Several nationwide companies have facilities or command posts in Gallatin, including Gap, Inc., RR Donnelley, Beretta and Servpro Industries, Inc.
The town/city is also home to Volunteer State Community College, a two-year college with more than 70 degree programs.
Gallatin was established in 1802 as the permanent governmental center of county of Sumner County, Tennessee, in what is called the Middle Tennessee region.
During the secession crisis just before to the Civil War, the people of Gallatin hoped to remain neutral and were opposed to secession from the Union.
The Union Army captured Gallatin in February 1862, following Ulysses S.
Gallatin was strategic because of the barns and its locale on the Cumberland River, both of which the Union Army sought to control.
Following the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863, slaves fled to the Union troops, who established a "contraband camp" at Gallatin.
Occupation forces of the Union Army remained in Gallatin for some time after the war, still living off the land. In 1992, Gallatin was surpassed by Hendersonville as the biggest town in the county, though the former remains the county seat.
Today it serves in part as a bedroom commuter suburb to the larger town/city and state capital of Nashville, Tennessee, some 30.6 miles to the southwest.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 22.5 square miles (58 km2), of which 22.0 square miles (57 km2) is territory and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) (2.18%) is water.
The town/city is positioned on Station Camp Creek, three miles (5 km) north of the Cumberland River, which was the chief route of transit in the county's early years of settlement. In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 25.4% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
As of May 2007, the unemployment rate in Sumner County was 3.8%, which is 0.7% below the nationwide rate of 4.5%.
The top four primary employers in Gallatin, in order, are GAP, Inc., Sumner Regional Medical Center, Volunteer State Community College, and RR Donnelley.
Gap employs 1,250 workers, making it the biggest employer in the city. The Tennessee Valley Authority also operates a coal-fired power plant in Gallatin.
Gallatin has a undivided 10-screen theater, NCG Gallatin Cinema.
Annual affairs include the Sumner County Fair, held amid the last week of August, the Gallatin Christmas Parade, and a Fall Festival held on the square. Held in the town's old cemetery (located close to the town square), actors and actresses depict various historical figures who lived in and around Gallatin amid its 200 years of history especially those who lived before to 1900 from lawyers and doctors to company people to various persons of note in the community.
The event is sponsored by the small-town Sumner County Historical Society in association with the small-town county exhibition (see below), and proceeds from the annual event go towards supporting the small-town museum.
The Sumner County Museum in Gallatin homes a number of artifacts of historical significance to the town/city and the county. Gallatin has six parks that allow for various sports and activities, including: baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, disc golf, fishing, football, horseshoes, skateboarding, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, walking, and volleyball.
Gallatin offers Cal Ripken & Babe Ruth baseball for ages 5 15 with the Kiwanis Club and Little League Baseball with the American Legion.
Triple Creek is maintained by the City of Gallatin with assistance from the Sumner County Disc Golf Association (SCDGA).
The City Council is made up of seven propel officials, from five council single-member districts inside the town/city limits, with two of the members being propel at-large.
The City Recorder/City Judge is entrusted with two primary functions: administering the town/city judicial fitness and maintaining vital town/city records, billing, and licensing services.
City inhabitants can pay utility bills, purchase town/city trash cans, apply for property tax rebates and town/city company licenses at the City Recorder/City Judge office.
The City Attorney oversees, prepares, reviews, and interprets ordinances, resolutions, and contracts; provides legal support to the Mayor, City Council, staff, boards, and committees; and manages litigation in which the town/city may be involved.
Periodic updating of the Gallatin Municipal Code, presented by the Municipal Code Corporation, is coordinated by the City Attorney.
The Municipal Code includes the City Charter, as well as other City ordinances which are permanent.
Gallatin's schools are governed by the Sumner County Board of Education.
The school system's General Purpose School Fund budget amid the 2006 07 school year was approximately $153.5 million. The county-wide school fitness consists of approximately 1,950 teacher-licensed employees and approximately 1,800 non-teacher employees. The fitness has more than 180 bus routes which cover more than 6,000 miles (9,700 km) per day. The floor space in all of the county's schools totals more than 100 acres (0.40 km2).
Approximately 26,528 students were enrolled in the county school fitness as of August 2007. Gallatin High School Volunteer State Community College is a enhance two-year improve college.
Popularly known as Vol State, Volunteer State Community College is part of the Tennessee Board of Regents system.
The chief campus is positioned in Gallatin.
There are also degree granting centers at Mc - Gavock High School in Nashville and Vol State at Livingston in Overton County.
Additional class sites are positioned at the Highland Crest ground in Robertson County, and in Macon County and Wilson County.
They come from counties athwart the service area, many states around the country and more than 25 countries.
Two small-town newspapers cover affairs in Gallatin: The Gallatin Newspaper, presented on Thursdays and The Gallatin News Examiner, presented two times weekly, Wednesday and Friday, with a supplement encompassed with The Tennessean on Sunday.
Gallatin received its first small-town airways broadcast in August 1948 when WHIN 1010 AM, went on the air.
Owned at one time by record mogul Randy Wood, the station still serves Sumner County with nation music, small-town sports, and coverage of NASCAR racing.
During that time the station was owned by Ron Bledsoe, who for years had commanded CBS Records in Nashville, and was a former employee of the station in his younger years.
Currently the station is Citadel-owned sports airways broadcast WGFX, which targets the Nashville market and is the flagship station for the Tennessee Titans and Tennessee Volunteers.
Volunteer State Community College operates a radio and tv station.
The channel displays small-town announcements related to the college and the Gallatin/Sumner County area.
Gallatin City Council meetings, Sumner County School Board meetings, and Sumner County Commission meetings are also broadcast by the station.
Major roadways dominant in and out of Gallatin include TN Tennessee State Route 386 "Vietnam Veterans Boulevard", U.S.
31 - E, also known as "Nashville Pike" or "Gallatin Road", is the chief thoroughfare through town.
The Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) provides daily bus service from Gallatin to downtown Nashville, with stops along the way.
The Sumner County Municipal Airport provides air transit in and out of Gallatin.
The Regional Transportation Authority has future plans to grew the current Music City Star commuter stockyards to include a line running between Gallatin and Nashville, with a stop in Hendersonville.
Sumner Regional Medical Center is a hospital positioned in Gallatin.
The Gallatin Health Department, with two locations, provides women and children's services, flu shots, special needs services, testing for sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis, family planning, and immunizations.
Huell Howser (1945 2013), nationwide enhance tv personality was born in Gallatin in 1945 Nacole Rice R&B recording artist, was born in Gallatin in 1987 National Register of Historic Places listings in Sumner County, Tennessee a b c Sumner County Fact Book 2007 2008.
Rebellion Revisited: A History of Sumner County, Tennessee from 1861 to 1870 (Franklin, Tennessee: Hillsboro Press, 1999, 2nd edition) Gallatin Sexton Records for the Year 1873, accessed 13 May 2008 Sumner County Fact Book 2008 2009.
"About Sumner County Schools." Sumner County Schools.
Volunteer State Community College.
Sumner County Municipal Airport.
Gallatin, Tennessee Gallatin Area Chamber of Commerce Gallatin Public Library at Sumner County Libraries (sumnercountylibraries.org) Geographic data related to Gallatin, Tennessee at Open - Street - Map Municipalities and communities of Sumner County, Tennessee, United States County seat: Gallatin This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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